Hello and welcome to the SAP HANA Academy.
The topic of this video tutorial series is SAP HANA Administration and in this video
we will discuss system license management.
Hi, I am Denys van Kempen.
I am connected here to the SAP HANA cockpit and on the Overview page we can see that we
have a high-priority alert for my tenant database.
When I click the tile for the Alert Details, I can see that alert checker 31 has been triggered,
license expiry.
Your license will expire in 6 days.
Once your license expires, you can no longer use the system, except to install a new license.
Let’s fix that.
How?
Proposed solution: Obtain a valid license and install it.
For the exact expiration date, see the monitoring view M_LICENSE, and see the SAP HANA documentation
on the SAP Help Portal.
OK.
Fair enough.
Let’s go back.
Open the SQL Console.
The SAP HANA Database Explorer for SAP HANA Cockpit is loading.
Select Public Synonyms. Enter M_LICENSE in the search bar.
There we have it.
Select it.
Open Data.
Scroll to the right a bit and there we have the expiration date.
Yep, that’s in 6 days.
Let’s fix it.
What does the documentation tells us about the issue?
SAP HANA Administration with SAP HANA Cockpit.
Search for license. There we have a link
Install a Permanent License. Scroll down a bit
Procedure: On the Overview page, choose Manage system licenses link.
Well, let’s do that, then.
Back to Cockpit Here we have our link.
Select it and the License page opens.
Here we can see that the current license is of temporary type.
The start and expiration date.
Licensed memory usage en peak memory usage Hardware key and System ID
Then, on the toolbar below, here to the left, select the Request New License button.
Prints out the hardware key again and the system ID with a link to the SAP Support Portal.
You might want to note down or copy the hardware key to the clipboard.
Select it.
The SAP Support Portal opens on the Home page and here we have a link to Request Keys.
Now this the Internal License Key Generation page but your view should be very similar.
First, select your system on the list.
If it is not listed, add it using the plus icon here.
Product, that would be SAP HANA, platform edition.
Version, that’s SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0
System ID - in my case, that’s T01 - yours will be different.
System Type - for me, it is a training system.
Operating system is Linux, a bit redundant that question.
OK.
Our system is listed.
Now using the plus icon again, I am going to add a license key.
Create License Key Request.
License Type is SAP In-memory Appliance platform
Hardware Key - paste that back in from the clipboard.
Quantity - enter the amount of memory that you have licensed.
Check the valid until date and click Add.
Very good.
Here we have our key and now we can download it to our computer.
Here it is.
It is just a text file.
Let’s go back to the cockpit.
We can cancel out of this Request New License pop-up screen.
Then, on the same toolbar click the ellipsis.
Depending on your screen resolution,
if your screen is big enough you would actually see the whole menu.
Upload New License.
Browse and point to the location where you downloaded the license file.
Select it and select Upload License.
We get the message ‘License key installed’ and we are good to go until October 11, 2019.
That’s it.
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